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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mrs. Paley feel about the young boy's actions in her class in Chapter 4?
(a) Attacked.
(b) Smarter.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Belittled.

2. What did Sylvia need to learn?
(a) Respect.
(b) Self control.
(c) Love.
(d) Restraint.

3. Who used the derogatory words about blacks that Mrs. Paley was unsure how to handle?
(a) Her black maid.
(b) Black boys.
(c) Her black student teacher.
(d) Black children.

4. Whose mothers were both becoming doctors in Chapter 7?
(a) Mary Anne and Claire.
(b) Janet and Arlene.
(c) Arlene and Mary Anne.
(d) No one.

5. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom after being asked a surprising question in the preface?
(a) Wrote in a journal.
(b) Kept notes about her classroom.
(c) Took a shower in the morning.
(d) Talked to herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley do to Sylvia for hitting another student?

2. What was the name of the boy in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 4?

3. Who did Claire have to develop her own imagination with?

4. What did the boy's parents agree to do in Chapter 14?

5. What did Mrs. Paley's action of ignoring racial differences do according to the conversation with the second person in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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